that trend should continue as we go into the afternoon. we will start to see more clouds moving into the picture but we have another dry day on tap. if you are heading to bwi this is what you can expect. partly cloudy skies and temperatures at 49 degrees. yes take the jacket as you head out and about. we have dry air in place once again. and the winds are calm and that's good and we are not dealing with any type of foggy conditions out there. visibility is good and that sunrise is coming in at 7:25. and that sunset is getting earlier and earlier at 6:16 this evening. so as the kid head off towards the bus this morning, th is what you need to equip them w give them the jacket and it's going to be a -- with. give them the jacket it's going to be cool with the temperatures at 50 degrees will we will see sunshine. and it will be variably cloudy and into the afternoon, look at temperatures warming up. it's going to be a great day at recess for the kids. temperatures coming in at 76 degrees and warm temperatures and temperatures well above average and the temperatures will begin to get even warmer as we head into tomorrow. so again, the big story of the day and as we go through time

is going to be tropical storm sandy. and it's going down around jamaica in the caribbean and will track up towards the north. we have two scenarios. it could come inland or it could stay off the coast. but no matter what, we are going to be watching some coastal problems. more details on that and again i have two tracks i want to show you on this and the concerns that it could be bringing. let's check the traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. 76 degrees today. >> yes. >> reporter: should be very nice. heading out to the beltway, there's nothing to get in are way in parkville. looking at a very typical 11- minute ride on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and as we head over to the west side of the beltway here's what it look ike at liberty road -- like at liberty road, you are looking at an 11-minute ride from 795 down towards 95 and as you can see everything up to speed on 95 traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel. looking at an 8-hadn't ride northbound from the -- 8-minute ride northbound from the beltway to the toll plaza.

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good morning maryland at 5 begins right now. >> you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> it was a final chance to see the president and his challenger on the debate stage together leading up to the november election. we will recap last night's debate on foreign policy. >> a maryland family is taking the fight to an energy drink maker after their daughter dies. we will show you how the case could have a national impact. >> and it played host to sports and concert and dr. cane. today a arena finally turns 50. a closer look at first mariner arena's storeied past on this tuesday october 23rd. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. if you are wondering how to prepare for the day if you can have the lunch outside we will go over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> yes, you can have the lunch outdoors and it's going to be a warmer day but we won't see as much sun as yesterday. we will stay dry.

55 in arnold. take the jacket as you go. some spots this morning are in the 40s. the upper 40s. 56 in glen elg and we are not dealing with winds. that dew point is nice and dry and that continues going into the afternoon. shady size's temperature is is at 49 degrees and the dew point is at 46 degrees. we look at maryland's most powerful radar and we can see that we are dry right now. and this is going to be the scenario. now showers are on the radar but mainly to the north of us back off towards the west. this will slide off toward the north and east so as we plan for the day this is what you can expect. as you wake up around 7, the temperatures at 50 degrees. and then by lunchtime today, that temperature coming in right around 63 and then 71 as we go through time. the high temperature today, though, will be right around 76 so we will be quite warm. let's check the amount bc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. keep the showers to the north and to the west because i want to enjoy the 76 degree weather.

if you are traveling in howard county there's nothing to get in are way on interstate 70. it is nice and clear from columbia pike all the way over to 695. and here's a live look at the beltway. northwest corner at old court road everything moving right along no delays heading down towards 95. and as we pull up drive times, notice the rest of the beltway is in great shape. typical 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and for those of you using the jfx to get into the city, it's going to take you 11 minutes as well. traveling southbound from the beltway all the way to fayette street. that's a look at your traffic megan and charley over to you. a few minutes after 5. it was the last chance we had to see president obama and governor romney on the debate stage together. the topic last night foreign policy. and charley is at the live desk with a recap of the night. >> these two men were in close quarters sitting close to one another with the moderator bob she haver and president obama -- she haver and -- schieffer

and president obama took the offensive while also criticizing governor romney for being "all over the map when his -- with his proposed policies" the two were much more reserved in the 90-minute debate. many analyst thought the terrorist attack on libya was the obvious first question but governor romney passed on the answer instead of hitting the president or the administration's response for the attack that killed four americans. men talked about a host of issues ranging from iran china and the u.s.'s ally israel but when it came to the topic of expanding or contracting the mill tarity president had this to -- military, the president had this to say noting it was about the changing times. >> we have fewer horse and bayonets because the nature of our military changed. we have the things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them and we have ships that go unwater nuclear submarines and so the question is not a game of battle ship

where we are counting ships. >> pundits say governor romney passed the commander and chief test appearing well versed and when the president became aggressive towards the governor over the middle east, here's what he had to say. >> attacking me is not an agenda -- agenda is not talking about how we will deal with the challenges that deal in the middle east and stem the tide of the violence. >> now back to the campaign trail. we are two weeks away from the presidential election and that being on november 6th and with things in a dead heat you can bet they will make stops in florida, ohio, nevada and colorado. >> charley crowson thanks so much. more on a developingtory. a maryland girl who died after drinking an energy drink now there's a lawsuit that could have an impact nationwide. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with more on the story. her family is hoping for achange. >> reporter: the family of a 14- year-old girl who died last december after drinking two, 24

ounce mondayter en-- mondayter energy drinks -- monster energy drinks are suing the company that made them. they say she died from caffeine toxicity. she what underlying mild cart condition it's something 10% of people have. energy drinks are not required to show the amount of caffeine in the drink. monster released a statement saying they don't believe their beverages were in way responsible for the death. they went onto say they intend to defend the lawsuit. anais' mother says things need to change. >> to get the fda to step up and regulate these and make the energy drink companies tell everything that are this these drinks. you can't tell how much caffeine is in there. >> reporter: now the fda now

says it is investigating reports of five deaths and a nonfatal heart attack linked to the drinks. monster stock lost more than 14% of the value after reports of the fda's investigation surfaced. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. they escaped with their lives but lost years of treasured family possessions. one house destroyed and three others need work after a massive fire in federal hill yesterday. we brought this to you as breaking news on good morning maryland yesterday. the fire department says the belongings piled up to 5 feet high in the home acted like kindling making the fire more difficult to put out. investigators were able to get into the home later in the afternoon and begin looking for a cause. the families are helped by the red cross. who's this man? a year ago he was found dead under the 695 bridge. this morning police still cannot id him. that is forensic sketch and an autopsy dna and fingerprints have yet to turn up a positive

id. if you recognize this man, call baltimore county police. 6 minutes after 5. the baltimore clippers hockey team were the first to use first mariner arena when they came out on the ice exactly. it was called the baltimore civic center at the time. the downtown landmark celebrates 50 years. the arena hosted the beatle, bruce springsteen and reverend martin luther king junior. that's to name a few. in the past year it was the 7th highest grossing arena of its size. this week it hosts performances like disney on ice. there's been talks of building a larger arena, the project looks unlikely before 2016. time for a check on the weather with meteorologist lynette charles. good morning. >> good morning. we are looking at the satellite and radar and we see a few clouds around the area this morning. we will see more clouds as we go into the afternoon but we will get some sunshine out there as well. will we get rain? let's broaden out the view.

we have some showers back off towards the west and also to the north. mainly those showers working their way off towards the east. but, they will stay to the north so a northeastern flow will come in as we go through today in terms of the wet weather. that means we will basically stay dry. but in the offing we do have a cold front that's going to hit as we go towards the weekend. and that's going to couple with tropical storm sandy. by that time it could be a hurricane and that could be bringing us very unsettled conditions as we go through time. but for today, for this morning, temperatures are on the cool to mild side. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you are heading out to 695, there's absolutely nothing to get in are way. it's nice and clear. especially over on the west side traveling from 795 down to route 40. for those of you using the jfx, it's a typical 11-minute ride southbound from the beltway all the way down to fayette street. as we check in and look live downtown, here at 95 at 395,

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we are used to seeing them on the football field on most sundays. >> a few ravens players put down the pigskin in exchange for a pool stick them the went to dave and busters and arundal mills to play pool but they were guys having a night out and having fun. they were competing in the shoot for the cure tournament raising money for the american breast cancer foundation. >> we raise funds for people who cannot afford mammograms and we grant it back to people. >> for my part here in the

community, they help a cause you know. it's a cause that women and breast cancer and i wanted to do my part. >> the tournament raised more than 15,000 dollars so good for those guys. toppled trees and ripped off roof. it was not just a bad storm friday night. this was the work of a tornado that was a small tomorrow but only hit donald alcorn's yard in jarrettsville. this was the lowest rated tornado it was an ef0 but touched down once again in harford county. we have these back in the -- we had them in the summer in fallston. >> it's hard to believe. here we go again. time for a check on our weather and what to expect for today. hopefully nothing like that neathly. nothing like that at all. our -- like that. >> nothing like that at all. ellicott city at 55 degrees. and we are at 51 in churchville. and we are at 60 in reston traveling that way this morning

and 55 degrees in chesapeake beach. so yes you need the jacket but it's not as cold as yesterday or chilly. at the surface, we are looking at high pressure once again. we will get that southwesterly flow in here as you get clockwise flow around high pressure. we look back off towards the north and west, and we have a cold front along the cold front we are seeing some disturbance that is will stay to the north of us for today. and also we will get cloud mixing in. now speaking of the cloud, speaking of some warmer weather, well, let's head to the tropics because we have tropical storm sandy and you can see it is blossoming trying to get its act together. hurricane hunter will fly through to get the latest statistics on the storm. right now it's sustained at 45 miles an hour. the wind. it's not moving but it's forecasted to strengthen as it moves northward today and heading towards jamaica and also towards cuba. here is one scenario. the first of this storm impacting us going into the end of the week and early next week, hurricane-force winds if it comes inland coastal

flooding inland snow because we will have a cold front moving out of the west to the east and that's where we will get the cold air from. storm number 2 or track number 2 we had this coming and staying away from us. and it will stay out, but still coastal concerns with this. but that dewill be the best scenario if that happens. we will keep you updated on that situation because we are days away. but for today, that hightemperature will come in right around 76 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you are traveling in east baltimore right now, do be aware of the sink hole repairs that are underway blocking east monument street between wolf street and patterson park avenue. you will want to use or liens street instead. if you are using 95 here's a live look in white marsh at route 43. everything is moving along looking at 15-minute ride traveling southbound from 695 all the way downtown. and here's what the beltway looks like in towson at due leany valley road no concerns

from the inner loop and outer loop clear up to 83. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic megan and charley over to you. 16 minutes after 5 right now. no doubt about it you are always thinking about what is best for your children. if you are concerned about pesticides or growth hormones in food, you may be buying organic. now, the american academy ofpediatrics says it might not be worth the extra money and they found no evidence organic foods offer extra nutritional value over conventionally grown foods. >> by consuming organic foods you are consuming less pesticides but there's no research stating there's any harm or to consuming the pesticides. >> they are less likely to be contaminated with a drug resistant bacteria which could be significant for kids but doctors say what's most important is that parents feed their children a diet rich in fruits and vegetables be a whole -- and whole grains and low fat deary products.

a massachusetts company atthe center of a fungal meningitis infection passed their inspection last year more than 300 people have been sickened and 23 died including one right here in maryland because of the contaminated steroid shots. it was begin for back pain and has been recalled. they pull off amazing stunts while cheering the teams on. >> but the acrobatics come with a threat of serious injury. we will have more on the dangers of cheerleading and tell you what doctors say need to be done. >> lance armstrong's fall from grace continues. the latest hit against the one time cycling great and how some say he needs to be remembered in the sport. >> and if you are wondering what the temperature is where you live this morning, go to the app store and down load the app. temperatures at 5 # degrees and it's clear -- 54 degrees and it's clear. laurel at 54 and clear skies. don't go anywhere good morning maryland will be right back.

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he deserves to be forgotten in cycling those are the words from the president of the international cycling union about lance armstrong.

he has been stripped of all titles and banned from the sport for life. not only is his reputation at stake so is his 125 million dollar net worth. he is facing a number of lawsuits including one from a company that wants 10 million dollars back for bonuses it paid to him for the wins. they twirl and flip and build human pyramids 15 feet tall. cheerleading no doubt about it is more than waving pom poms which is why doctors say they need to do more to improve the safety of the sport. the number of cheerleaders admitted to the er has climbed dramatically in the past two decades. and a new report out suggest that cheerleading should be labeled a support and -- sport and subbed to tougher safety rules including limits on practice time and better supervision. you probably heard of fantasy football. your draft of the favorite players. >> now a new group of high schoolers are taking this idea to a new low.

who they are draft and what they say has to be done to win. >> also ahead, the presidential debates are sparking creative ideas for halloween costumes. first big bird and now comments made by mitt romney leading to a new costume. >> and maryland's most powerful radar is dry. but there is wet weather in the forecast. i will tell you when it a-- you when it arrives coming up. >> reporter: traffic is moving along on 95 north of i95. i will tell you what it looks like on 83 coming up on good morning maryland.

thanks for joining us this morning. all right political one-liners are becoming popular halloween costumes this year. and this woman entered a costume contest check it out. just wearing a sign that read, binder full of women. it's her take on a comment that was made by mitt romney during the second debate. big bird costumes are a big hit. loveable sees any street character came up during the first presidential -- sesame street character came up during the first presidential debate. a letter sent to parents

bringing their atongs a fantasy league. the male student would draft female students for the league and then earn points for engaging in sexual activities with them. most of the girls didn't know they were part of the league and it's been going on for five possibly six years. >> glad there's a strong administration who's willing to take on the issues. and as a mother of four grls i couldn't be happier. -- girls, i couldn't be happy. >> the school plans on campus assemblies with lessons about preverying activities like this. a mother comes to the rescue of her child and lands in police custody. >> how the mom took the fight to a pair of bullies on a school bus and was arrested afterward. >> and a woman viciously attacked and set on fire while in a town park could this have been a hate crime? we will take a look. >> reporter: good morning topping america's money energy drinks under fire. fda is investigating five deaths that may be related to

the highly caffeinated monster energy drinks monster denies the top selling beverages contributed to the deaths. it's a big month for tech industry with apple expect tie nouns a small -- expected to announce a smaller version of the ipad and friday microsoft starts selling the surface tablet and other companies are make announcement this month. fed ex expects to ship a number of passages 13% more than last year because of the increase in all online shopping and the peak is december 10th of the and a study find popular kids in high school earn more than geeks and dorks. those are good social skills does beter with colleagues and clients as adult. that's mark's money have great day. i am rob nelson.

you're watching the station that works for you "now good morning maryland. >> they are coming out against casinos in maryland. this morning members of the clergy will tell us why. >> she was attacked and sexually assaulted while jogging along a popular trail. >> give her back her job a rally is set for this week showing support to a professor suspended for working to put question six on the ballot. we will tell you a they are saying on this tuesday october 3rd. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. if you haven't taken a look outside, it's a little chilly but not as bad as yesterday. >> it could be a beautiful day once again for us. this would be 3 or 4 in a row. >> yes. we are on a roll. and we will keep on rolling as the days become but for today we are looking at the radar and we are nice and dry and we see showers to the north of us but for the most part, we won't get in on that action and we will have to wait for that to happen. we see the satellite a